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Since the beginning of this year, the Syria Humanitarian Fund has funded 28 projects. With more than half of the projects granted to national and international NGOs, 70% of these projects have been providing services in hard-to-reach and besieged areas. In Homs Governorate, six projects in the field of health, food, shelter...

The entire city of Aleppo is affected by fighting, causing hundreds of civilian casualties, destroying civilian structures and forcing yet more people to flee for safety. Many Syrians continue to be trapped by fighting and are unable to move due to fear and insecurity.
Syria: Children shelter in the doorway of a house,...

USG/ERC Stephen O'Brien's statement on Syria to the Security Council
Mr. President,
Every time I have briefed this Council, I have described the horrors of a brutal conflict characterized by the complete failure to protect civilians, which has generated gargantuan levels of suffering for most...

Statement on Aleppo by USG/ERC Stephen O'Brien
I am gravely alarmed by the disturbing developments in the eastern part of Aleppo City in Syria, where civilian, humanitarian and commercial movements have been effectively cut off following the closure of Castello Road, the last remaining access route in and out...

Syria’s once most populous city, Aleppo, has been particularly affected by ongoing conflict and insecurity since 2012. The access to and the availability of the city’s health-care facilities are now extremely limited. As the conflict enters its sixth year, demand for health-care services has grown exponentially,...